Tag: national

  • January 15, 2021

    January 15, 2021

    VACCINATION The president of Romania Klaus Iohannis received
    the Covid 19 vaccine on Friday, at the Central Military Hospital in Bucharest. He
    subsequently said the vaccine is safe and efficient, and immunisation and
    compliance with the protection rules will help us overcome the pandemic. The 2nd
    phase of the vaccination programme started today in Romania. It targets the
    high-risk population and workers in key sectors. Since
    the start of the pandemic, Romania has reported more than 688,000 coronavirus
    infections. Over 619,000 patients have recovered and more than 17,000 died. Over
    3,300 new cases and 63 deaths were reported on Friday, and 1,091 patients are
    in intensive care.



    CORRUPTION Liviu Dragnea, former president of the Social Democratic Party and former Chamber of Deputies speaker, has been charged with influenced peddling in another corruption-related case, concerning his presence at the US president Donald Trumps inauguration in Washington in early 2017. Prosecutors claim the former Social Democratic chief received undue benefits for himself and his party, in the amount of 380,000 US dollars, consisting in the travel package, political consultancy and various lobby services. In the same case, his former adviser and Romanias consul general in Bonn, Gheorghe Dimitrescu is also accused of influence peddling. Liviu Dragnea is currently serving a prison sentence for inciting abuse of office. In 2019 he was sentenced to 3 and a half years in a case involving fictitious employment contracts in Teleorman County.



    GOVERNMENT The government of Romania is holding an online meeting today. On Thursday the finance minister Alexandru Nazare said the Cabinet was preparing a reform of state-owned companies, and that on Friday loss and debt reduction targets will be presented, as well as means to monitor their activity. The state budget bill for this year is to be finalized at the end of this month.



    CULTURE Romania celebrates today 171 years since the birth of poet Mihai Eminescu, with online events or events without a live audience. As a tribute to Romanias greatest poet, January 15 was declared the National Culture Day, aimed at promoting culture, arts and academic effort. This day has been celebrated since 2010 in Romania, the neighbouring Republic of Moldova, and in the Romanian communities abroad. Diplomatic and consular missions as well as Romanian cultural institutes abroad are hosting special events devoted to this day. In turn, Radio Romania will celebrate Mihai Eminescus role in the national and world culture, with special shows, interviews, documentaries and festive events.



    INNOVATION Only 14.6% of the companies with at least 10 employees in Romania reported any innovation activity in 2016-2018, which places the country last in the EU, according to a survey made public by the Eurostat today. At EU level, 50.3% of companies had innovation activities in the respective period, with the highest number of innovative enterprises reported in Estonia, Cyprus, Belgium and Germany. Bottom of the list are Romania, Poland, Hungary and Bulgaria. In Romania, the share of companies conducting innovative activities rose from 10% in 2016 to 14.6% in 2018.



    INAUGURATION In the US, president elect Joe Bidens team has cancelled a train trip and a rehearsal for the inauguration ceremony due on January 20, over concerns for Bidens security. Washington mobilised police forces and the National Guard, amid information pointing to attempts to organise armed protests to prevent the Biden administration from taking office. According to Radio Romanias correspondent, the FBI is looking into large-scale and disquieting online activity related to possible violence at the inauguration ceremony. Over 200 suspects tied to the US Capitol riots of January 6 have been identified so far, and more than 100 have been arrested. Trumps impeachment procedure has been moved to the Senate, but debates are set to begin after the inauguration of the new president. (tr. A.M. Popescu)

  • December 1, 2019 UPDATE

    December 1, 2019 UPDATE

    National Day — Romania’s national day is the most emotional celebration of the Romanian nation and a symbol of freedom, being equally a celebration of democracy, of our fundamental rights and liberties, said Sunday the Romanian President Klaus Iohannis at the reception organized at the Cotroceni Palace. On December 1 Romania marked 101 years since the creation of the Romanian unitary nation state. As many as 4 thousand military and experts and around 200 vehicles participated in Bucharest in a traditional military parade. The event, which was attended by President Klaus Iohannis, also involved the participation of 500 military from 21 allied countries. Various events took place in other cities of Romania. Another military parade was held Sunday in Alba Iulia, in the center, the place of the Great Union of December 1, 1918, in the presence of the PM Ludovic Orban. The Romanian military on mission in the theaters of operations in Afghanistan, the western Balkans, Mali, Iraq and Poland also participated in military ceremonies to mark the national day.



    Washington — The American president Donald Trump conveyed a message to his Romanian counterpart Klaus Iohannis on the occasion of the 101st anniversary of Romania’s national day. Romania is a precious ally for the US and NATO, shows the message of the White House. Also the American president hailed Romania’s firm commitment in relation to sharing responsibilities and trans-Atlantic security. Donald Trump also expressed appreciation for Romania’s commitment to consolidate the common values of democracy, the rule of law and the free market economy.



    EU – The new European Commission headed by Ursula von der Leyen takes office on December 1. The EU members have decided that the new Commission will have only 27 commissioners, after Great Britain refused to appoint a commissioner in the context of Brexit. The Romanian Adina Valean with the European Peoples Party has been appointed Transport Commissioner. The first official meeting of the College of Commissioners takes place on December 4, when several administrative decisions will be made.



    Albania — Romania on Sunday sent humanitarian aid to Albania, which was hit by a powerful earthquake on Tuesday. Two C-130 Hercules planes of the Romanian Air Forces carried the humanitarian aid and brought back to Romania the 52 firefighters and their equipment, as they participated alongside other countries in the search and rescue operations undertaken there. These operations officially came to an end on Sunday. The Albanian PM Edi Rama announced that 51 people died in the 6.4 magnitude quake, several hundreds were wounded and thousands were left homeless. The most affected cities are Thumane in the north, Durres on the Adriatic Sea coast and the capital Tirana.



    Handball – Romania’s national women’s handball team obtained its first victory at the world championship hosted by Japan, defeating the team of Senegal 29-24 on Sunday, in Kumamoto, in the championship’s Group C. On Saturday, in their first match, the Romanian handballers were defeated by Spain 31-16. In the other matches of the group, Montenegro defeated Kazakhstan 30-21 and Spain defeated Hungary 29-25. Romania’s next match is scheduled for December 3, against Kazakhstan. As of 1957 until 2017 Romania’s women’s team has never missed a world final tournament. They got silver in 2005 in Russia and bronze in 2015 in Denmark.



    Football — Romania’s national football team will play in Group C alongside the Netherlands, Ukraine and Austria, if they manage to qualify to EURO 2020, according to the drawing of lots that took place Saturday in Bucharest. Romania’s capital will host 4 matches of the Euro 2020 final, three in the group stage and one in the round of 16. The Romanian footballers have not managed to pass the preliminary stage but they still have chances to qualify after the Nations League playoffs, following which 4 national teams will go to Euro 2020. Romania will take on Iceland on March 26 and if they wins they will play on March 31 with the winner of the match pitting Bulgaria against Hungary. According to UEFA, the total costs for the organization of the European championship in the summer of 2020 stand at 680 million Euros, while revenues exceed 2 billion Euros. One million tickets will be put up for sale between December 4th and 18th for the supporters of the 20 qualified national teams, the Romanian Football Federation announced. If Romania’s national team qualifies, they will play at least 2 matches in Bucharest. (translation by L. Simion)

  • November 23, 2019 UPDATE

    November 23, 2019 UPDATE

    ELECTIONS Romania holds the decisive round of its presidential election on Sunday. The incumbent president Klaus Iohannis, endorsed by the National Liberal Party, now in power, is facing the former Social Democratic PM Viorica Dancilă. Just like in the first round, the Romanians living abroad have 3 days to cast their ballots, and the number of pollings stations abroad has been doubled, to 838. The vote started at noon on Friday and will continue until Sunday. The number of citizens having voted so far indicates a higher turnout in the runoff than in the first round. By Saturday evening, over 315,000 Romanians had voted in foreign polling stations, of whom 17,500 voted by post, an option introduced this year for the first time. The largest numbers of voters were reported in Italy, followed by Britain, Germany, Spain and the Republic of Moldova.




    GAUDEAMUS The Gaudeamus International Book Fair, organised in Bucharest by Radio Romania, comes to an end on Sunday. On the last day of the fair, the awards of the 26th edition will be presented. 8,000 book stands have been put up as part of this edition, devoted to the 30 years since the anti-communist revolution of 1989. A total of 900 different events were scheduled, including book launches, debates and book signing sessions. On Saturday, the 4th day of the Fair, Prof. Thierry Wolton took part in the launch of the second volume of his trilogy “A World History of Communism. In this volume, entitled ‘The Victims’, Thierry Wolton speaks about the tens of millions that suffered imprisonment, deportation, torture and even extermination for their anti-communist beliefs.




    NATIONAL DAY 3,500 Romanian troops and another 500 from over 20 allied or partner countries, 200 military vehicles and over 50 aircraft will take part on December 1 in Bucharest in the National Day parade, the Defence Ministry has announced. The Romanian military on missions in theatres of operations in Afghanistan, the Western Balkans and Mali will also organise military ceremonies on National Day. Proclaimed a national holiday after the anti-communist revolution of 1989, December 1 marks the conclusion of the establishment of the Romanian nation-state at the end of World War 1, in 1918.



    COLECTIV After the Bucharest Court completed its investigations, on Monday the prosecution and the defence will present their closing statements in the case concerning the fire in Colectiv night club in Bucharest 4 years ago, in which 64 people died, one committed suicide further to the trauma and 200 others were injured. The Colectiv trial started in April 2016. After 2 years of deferrals over procedural matters, the judge assigned to the case retired, and during another year the new judge has heard the statements of scores of witnesses and victims.




    UN The 15 members of the UN Security Council endorsed a declaration reaffirming the ban on chemical weapons. The Council has reached a consensus long undermined by the war in Syria, and the Skripal affair in the UK or Kim Jong-nam case in Malaysia, AFP reports. The Council reaffirms that the use of chemical weapons is a violation of international law, and declares its firm opposition to it. The declaration, proposed by Great Britain, was passed unanimously. The UN Security Council urges all states that have not yet done so to sign the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons, which was signed in 1993 and came into force in 1997. Syria joined the Convention in 2013, Israel has signed it, but is yet to ratify it, whereas North Korea, Egypt and South Sudan are not yet parties to this Convention.




    POPE Pope Francis arrived in Japan on Saturday, on the second leg of his tour of Asia whose main goal is to send a message against nuclear weapons in Nagasaki and Hiroshima, the only cities in the world ever hit by atomic bombs, Reuters says. On Sunday in Nagasaki the Pope, a vocal militant against nuclear weapons, will read a message against weapons of mass destruction. He will also meet with survivors of the Fukushima nuclear disaster of March 11, 2011, the most destructive after the one in Chernobyl in 1986. After Thailand, the first stop in his tour, the Pope reached Tokyo, where he will stay for 4 days. This is the first visit by a Sovereign Pontiff to this country in 38 years, and only the second in history. Another goal of his visit is to encourage the Catholic community in Japan, where only 1% of the population are Christians and half of these Catholics. The Pope will perform 2 services, one in Nagasaki and one in Tokyo, and will have meetings with senior Japanese officials and with Emperor Naruhito.


    (translated by: Ana-Maria Popescu)

  • RRI Sports Club

    RRI Sports Club

    Romania’s national football side
    will be up against the representative of Spain in Bucharest on Thursday in a
    game counting towards the fifth leg of the European Championship next year.
    Spain currently ranks first in Group F with 12 points out of four games, while
    Romania comes next with seven points from two victories, a draw and a defeat,
    just like Sweden, the team on the third position, with less goals scored.






    The Romanians have so far lost to
    Sweden 1-2 in an away game in March, but secured a 4-1 home win against the
    Faeroe Islands. In June they ended in a two-all draw their game against Norway
    and defeated Malta 4-0 in an away fixture.






    The fixture against Spain will be
    taking place on National Arena in Bucharest and will be attended by 50 thousand
    spectators. The new pitch has been completely refurbished after having hosted
    several concerts this summer and the total value of works stands at 240
    thousand euros. The city hall has concluded a four year contract of a total
    value of 4 million euros.






    The match will be umpired by German
    referee of Turkish extraction Deniz Aytekin who has been a FIFA referee since
    2011. Romania’s lineup includes several young players from the country’s under
    twenty-one team, which in June managed to qualify for the semifinals of the
    European Championship in Italy and San Marino.






    In the same qualification campaign our
    footballers will be up against Malta in Ploiesti, southern Romania, on Sunday.



  • RRI Sports Club

    RRI Sports Club

    Romania’s national football side
    will be up against the representative of Spain in Bucharest on Thursday in a
    game counting towards the fifth leg of the European Championship next year.
    Spain currently ranks first in Group F with 12 points out of four games, while
    Romania comes next with seven points from two victories, a draw and a defeat,
    just like Sweden, the team on the third position, with less goals scored.






    The Romanians have so far lost to
    Sweden 1-2 in an away game in March, but secured a 4-1 home win against the
    Faeroe Islands. In June they ended in a two-all draw their game against Norway
    and defeated Malta 4-0 in an away fixture.






    The fixture against Spain will be
    taking place on National Arena in Bucharest and will be attended by 50 thousand
    spectators. The new pitch has been completely refurbished after having hosted
    several concerts this summer and the total value of works stands at 240
    thousand euros. The city hall has concluded a four year contract of a total
    value of 4 million euros.






    The match will be umpired by German
    referee of Turkish extraction Deniz Aytekin who has been a FIFA referee since
    2011. Romania’s lineup includes several young players from the country’s under
    twenty-one team, which in June managed to qualify for the semifinals of the
    European Championship in Italy and San Marino.






    In the same qualification campaign our
    footballers will be up against Malta in Ploiesti, southern Romania, on Sunday.



  • Political parties prepare for European Parliament election

    Political parties prepare for European Parliament election

    Ranking third in
    line to win the European Parliament ballot of May 26th, after the
    Social-Democratic Party and the National Liberal Party, and commonly perceived
    as a pro-European alternative to the aforementioned parties, the 2020 Alliance
    was very close to being left out of the election race after the Central
    Election Office rejected the underlying protocol of the alliance signed by its
    two parties, the Save Romania Union and PLUS, for technical reasons.








    On Friday,
    however, the High Court of Cassation and Justice in Bucharest decided the 2020
    Alliance can submit its candidates in the May 26th election. The
    Central Election Office also rejected the claim of another alliance to enroll
    in the ballot, this time made up of the Great Romania Party and the United
    Romania Party.










    The reason is
    that the late Corneliu Vadim Tudor still appears as president of the Great
    Romania Party in the Party Register. Since his death in 2015, the party didn’t
    change the party leader’s name in the register. The United Romania Party will
    submit its separate candidates, the most spectacular of whom is by far the
    former MP Sebastian Ghita, who sought refuge in neighboring Serbia fleeing
    prosecution in Romania.








    The party
    describes Ghita as the Romanian who dealt a heavy blow to the new Securitate
    police, who exposed the system and the ‘elite’ Anticorruption Directorate, a
    man who militated for a country of the people and who became a target,
    harangued for having the courage to tell the truth.










    We recall Ghita
    voiced strong criticism against Laura Codruta Kovesi and the National
    Anticorruption Directorate, which he accused of allegedly abusing her office
    when investigating politicians for acts of corruption. Ghita’s election
    campaign is based on a nationalist anti-migration and Christian discourse, very
    similar to that of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. I don’t want to see
    Romania become the duchy of the Luxembourgish running Brussels! So I shout with
    all my might: Long live Great, United and Sovereign Romania!, Sebastian
    Ghita’s message to the Romanians reads.








    His campaign
    will most likely be marked by nationalist and xenophobic rhetoric. In turn,
    Social-Democratic leader Liviu Dragnea this weekend declared himself a
    pro-European, underlining however that Romania wanted to join the EU for a
    better life, not to return to a life in fear and terror. We wanted to join
    the European Union for access to development. We demand the same respect we’re
    offering. I can’t accept the fact that everything we say, everything we do
    should be criticized, attacked and blocked, while other people’s lies should be
    taken at face value, without proper verification, Dragnea said.








    This is a clear
    hint at the constant criticism voiced by Romania’s European partners regarding
    the repeated legislative modifications the ruling coalition in Romania has made
    in the field of the judiciary. On the other hand, the leader of the Democratic
    Union of Ethnic Hungarians in Romania, Kelemen Hunor, says the European Union
    is Europe’s the only viable solution to measure up to global powers and only
    political alternative for Romanians and Hungarians in Romania.



  • Parcul Naţional Munţii Rodnei

    Parcul Naţional Munţii Rodnei

    Parcul Național Munții Rodnei este cea mai întinsă arie protejată din nordul Carpaților Orientali și principalul obiectiv turistic natural din Maramureş. Parcul, care acoperă tot masivul Rodnei, se întinde pe teritoriul la două judeţe: Maramureș și Bistriţa Năsăud şi are o suprafaţă de 46.399 de hectare, fiind declarat, în 1979, Rezervaţie a Biosferei. Este, de asemenea, sit de importanță comunitară făcând parte din Reţeaua europeană Natura 2000. Pe raza parcului se află cele mai înalte vârfuri din Carpaţii Orientali, Vârful Pietrosu Mare cu înălțimea de 2303 metri și Vârful Ineu cu înălțimea de 2279 de metri. De aici, de pe cel mai înalt vârf al Carpaţilor Orientali, poţi privi crestele stâncoase, grohotişurile şi păşunile alpine care adăpostesc plante unice, o biodiversitate extraordinară. Acvilele de munte, marmotele şi caprele negre dau viaţă peisajului. In jurul Pietrosului şerpuieşte un vechi plai ciobănesc în care se adună toate cărările ce urcă de la poale către înaltul muntelui. Cascada Cailor este, de asemenea, una dintre cele mai frumoase atracţii turistice din zonă. Cu secole în urmă acesta era locul preferat al localnicilor datorită păşunilor sale întinse. De cum răsărea iarba şi până toamna târziu, oamenii îşi ţineau hergheliile de cai aici mai bine de jumătate de an. In lunile de primăvară, pe versantul estic al muntelui Saca, la o altitudine de 1600 de metri înfloresc rînd pe rînd narcisele. Este o rezervaţie care se întinde pe 5 hectare, o întindere de pete albe pe verdele crud al pajiştei de munte. Pădurile de nepătruns ale Rodnei adăpostesc şi ele o floră şi o faună impresionantă, după cum ne spune şi directoarea parcului Doina Jauca: ”Flora parcului este foarte bine reprezentată, aici aflându-se numeroase plante endemice*, specifice masivului. De asemenea, există peste 2000 de specii de plante superioare, specii relicte glaciare**, specii protejate de lege. Am să enumăr câteva: floarea de colţ, opaiţul Munţilor Rodeni care este un endemit, genţiana punctată, căldăruşa carpatică, clopoţeii de munte, omagul, bulbucii de munte, ciuboţica cucului, bujorul de munte. Fauna este, de asemenea, foarte bine reprezentată. Intâlnim aici mamifere precum ursul, lupul, râsul, pisica sălbatică, capra neagră, marmora, cerbul carpatin, căpriorul. Sunt peste 600 de specii de fluturi, specii de peşti, lostriţa, păstrăvul dar şi păsări cum ar fi cocoşul de mesteacăn, cocoşul de munte, acvila de munte “.



    Prezentă în stema judeţului, în însemnările istorice şi documentele ştiinţifice, capra neagră a devenit un simbol al Maramureşului. Pe vremuri, cele mai frumoase capre negre se găseau în Munţii Rodnei. Erau populaţii viguroase care dădeau trofee de o calitate incontestabilă. În 1899, la prima expoziţie internaţională de trofee vânătoreşti de la Viena, cel mai viguros şi frumos trofeu de capră neagră provenea din Maramureş, Munţii Rodnei. Apoi la expoziţia internaţională de vânătoare de la Viena (1910), trofeul de capră neagră declarat record mondial, având 35 cm lungime, provenea, de asemenea, din Piatra Rea, Munţii Rodnei.. Pe lângă capra neagră, o altă specie ocrotită prin lege este cocoşul de mesteacăn, care populează pâlcurile mari de jnepeni din Munţii Rodnei.



    Datorită peisajului extraordinar din Parcul Național Munții Rodnei, aici se practică mai multe tipuri de turism. Turism de recreere pentru cei care doresc să parcurgă trasee montane, bucurându-se de priveliștea deosebită a zonei; turism curativ pentru tratarea diferitelor afecțiuni, prin intermediul curelor în stațiunea Sângeorz-Băi. De asemenea, se poate practica turismul cultural prin vizitarea bisericilor și mănăstirilor din lemn, vestigiilor istorice (ruinele bazilicii dominicane din secolul al XIII-lea), a monumentelor și muzeelor, caselor memorative (Liviu Rebreanu și George Coșbuc). Turismul ecvestru se desfășoară prin parcurgerea călare a unor zone de interes turistic deosebit, cum ar fi Poiana Narciselor, Lacul Lala, Vârful Ineu, Ineuț și Roșu. Există şi turismul rural, agroturismul și ecoturismul datorită unor gazde primitoare, care oferă mâncăruri tradiționale, într-un mediu rustic, perfect pentru recreere și odihnă. Administraţia parcului derulează o serie de proiecte menite să sporească şi să conserve biodiversitatea. Doina Jauca: “In perioada 2004-2013 au fost implementate peste 20 de proiecte accesând fonduri prin diverse programe. Cel mai important program pe care l-am accesat a fost Programul Operaţional Sectorial de Mediu şi am accesat două proiecte care sunt în curs de implementare. Proiectul “Măsuri de management conservativ al biodiversităţii din Parcul Naţional Munţii Rodnei” în care avem foarte multe activităţi interesante de monitorizare a florei şi faunei. Al doilea proiect se numeşte “Măsuri de management privind creşterea gradului de informare şi conştientizare din Parcul Naţional Munţii Rodnei” este un proiect cu un buget de 250 de mii de euro. Finalitatea acestui proiect va fi construirea unui centru de vizitare modern în Pasul Prislop, care este cel mai vizitat punct. Vizitatorii vor putea viziona diverse filme tematice despre flora şi fauna din parc, vor putea porni în drumeţii însoţiţi de ghizi, deci vom beneficia real de fondurile europene puse la dispoziţie României”.



    Administraţia Parcului a iniţiat şi organizează 13 programe turistice de una, 2 sau 3 zile care constau în plimbări călare, plimbări cu caleaşca, plimbări cu sania trasă de cai sau drumeţii.. Cazarea turistilor este asigurată în cabane silvice, hoteluri sau pensiuni. Există pe suprafata parcului 18 trasee turistice omologate şi 5 trasee tematice.

  • Parcul Naţional Munţii Rodnei

    Parcul Naţional Munţii Rodnei

    Parcul Național Munții Rodnei este cea mai întinsă arie protejată din nordul Carpaților Orientali și principalul obiectiv turistic natural din Maramureş. Parcul, care acoperă tot masivul Rodnei, se întinde pe teritoriul la două judeţe: Maramureș și Bistriţa Năsăud şi are o suprafaţă de 46.399 de hectare, fiind declarat, în 1979, Rezervaţie a Biosferei. Este, de asemenea, sit de importanță comunitară făcând parte din Reţeaua europeană Natura 2000. Pe raza parcului se află cele mai înalte vârfuri din Carpaţii Orientali, Vârful Pietrosu Mare cu înălțimea de 2303 metri și Vârful Ineu cu înălțimea de 2279 de metri. De aici, de pe cel mai înalt vârf al Carpaţilor Orientali, poţi privi crestele stâncoase, grohotişurile şi păşunile alpine care adăpostesc plante unice, o biodiversitate extraordinară. Acvilele de munte, marmotele şi caprele negre dau viaţă peisajului. In jurul Pietrosului şerpuieşte un vechi plai ciobănesc în care se adună toate cărările ce urcă de la poale către înaltul muntelui. Cascada Cailor este, de asemenea, una dintre cele mai frumoase atracţii turistice din zonă. Cu secole în urmă acesta era locul preferat al localnicilor datorită păşunilor sale întinse. De cum răsărea iarba şi până toamna târziu, oamenii îşi ţineau hergheliile de cai aici mai bine de jumătate de an. In lunile de primăvară, pe versantul estic al muntelui Saca, la o altitudine de 1600 de metri înfloresc rînd pe rînd narcisele. Este o rezervaţie care se întinde pe 5 hectare, o întindere de pete albe pe verdele crud al pajiştei de munte. Pădurile de nepătruns ale Rodnei adăpostesc şi ele o floră şi o faună impresionantă, după cum ne spune şi directoarea parcului Doina Jauca: ”Flora parcului este foarte bine reprezentată, aici aflându-se numeroase plante endemice*, specifice masivului. De asemenea, există peste 2000 de specii de plante superioare, specii relicte glaciare**, specii protejate de lege. Am să enumăr câteva: floarea de colţ, opaiţul Munţilor Rodeni care este un endemit, genţiana punctată, căldăruşa carpatică, clopoţeii de munte, omagul, bulbucii de munte, ciuboţica cucului, bujorul de munte. Fauna este, de asemenea, foarte bine reprezentată. Intâlnim aici mamifere precum ursul, lupul, râsul, pisica sălbatică, capra neagră, marmora, cerbul carpatin, căpriorul. Sunt peste 600 de specii de fluturi, specii de peşti, lostriţa, păstrăvul dar şi păsări cum ar fi cocoşul de mesteacăn, cocoşul de munte, acvila de munte “.



    Prezentă în stema judeţului, în însemnările istorice şi documentele ştiinţifice, capra neagră a devenit un simbol al Maramureşului. Pe vremuri, cele mai frumoase capre negre se găseau în Munţii Rodnei. Erau populaţii viguroase care dădeau trofee de o calitate incontestabilă. În 1899, la prima expoziţie internaţională de trofee vânătoreşti de la Viena, cel mai viguros şi frumos trofeu de capră neagră provenea din Maramureş, Munţii Rodnei. Apoi la expoziţia internaţională de vânătoare de la Viena (1910), trofeul de capră neagră declarat record mondial, având 35 cm lungime, provenea, de asemenea, din Piatra Rea, Munţii Rodnei.. Pe lângă capra neagră, o altă specie ocrotită prin lege este cocoşul de mesteacăn, care populează pâlcurile mari de jnepeni din Munţii Rodnei.



    Datorită peisajului extraordinar din Parcul Național Munții Rodnei, aici se practică mai multe tipuri de turism. Turism de recreere pentru cei care doresc să parcurgă trasee montane, bucurându-se de priveliștea deosebită a zonei; turism curativ pentru tratarea diferitelor afecțiuni, prin intermediul curelor în stațiunea Sângeorz-Băi. De asemenea, se poate practica turismul cultural prin vizitarea bisericilor și mănăstirilor din lemn, vestigiilor istorice (ruinele bazilicii dominicane din secolul al XIII-lea), a monumentelor și muzeelor, caselor memorative(Liviu Rebreanu și George Coșbuc). Turismul ecvestru se desfășoară prin parcurgerea călare a unor zone de interes turistic deosebit, cum ar fi Poiana Narciselor, Lacul Lala, Vârful Ineu, Ineuț și Roșu. Există şi turismul rural, agroturismul și ecoturismul datorită unor gazde primitoare, care oferă mâncăruri tradiționale, într-un mediu rustic, perfect pentru recreere și odihnă. Administraţia parcului derulează o serie de proiecte menite să sporească şi să conserve biodiversitatea. Doina Jauca: “In perioada 2004-2013 au fost implementate peste 20 de proiecte accesând fonduri prin diverse programe. Cel mai important program pe care l-am accesat a fost Programul Operaţional Sectorial de Mediu şi am accesat două proiecte care sunt în curs de implementare. Proiectul “Măsuri de management conservativ al biodiversităţii din Parcul Naţional Munţii Rodnei” în care avem foarte multe activităţi interesante de monitorizare a florei şi faunei. Al doilea proiect se numeşte “Măsuri de management privind creşterea gradului de informare şi conştientizare din Parcul Naţional Munţii Rodnei” este un proiect cu un buget de 250 de mii de euro. Finalitatea acestui proiect va fi construirea unui centru de vizitare modern în Pasul Prislop, care este cel mai vizitat punct. Vizitatorii vor putea viziona diverse filme tematice despre flora şi fauna din parc, vor putea porni în drumeţii însoţiţi de ghizi, deci vom beneficia real de fondurile europene puse la dispoziţie României”.



    Administraţia Parcului a iniţiat şi organizează 13 programe turistice de una, 2 sau 3 zile care constau în plimbări călare, plimbări cu caleaşca, plimbări cu sania trasă de cai sau drumeţii.. Cazarea turistilor este asigurată în cabane silvice, hoteluri sau pensiuni. Există pe suprafata parcului 18 trasee turistice omologate şi 5 trasee tematice.